Seven Sisters (Colleges)

Seven Sisters is a group of historical women colleges in the United States that were established 1837-1889. It was launched in 1927 to support higher education for women. The name derives from the Pleiades ( Seven Sisters ) from Greek mythology.

Members

Members of the " Seven Sisters " are:

• Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts
• Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York ( can now also men )
• Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
• Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
• Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts (now part of Harvard University)
• Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
• Barnard College, New York, New York

Relation to Ivy League

The "Seven Sisters" are generally regarded as the counterpart of the eight Ivy League colleges in the country. Interestingly, many of the "Seven Sisters" in the vicinity of Ivy League colleges, which is why for a long time, there are close social ties between the students of the colleges. In the case of Barnard goes so far that the institution describes as an official college of Columbia University.